Imaging Apparatus Guideline Metadata for Composition Recall
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users find it difficult to recall and describe the composition intention of shot images, as existing technologies do not effectively link shooting techniques with image analysis, making it hard to understand the composition used during image capture.
Innovation Solution
An imaging apparatus and method that displays a live view image with superimposed guidelines, records guideline information as metadata, and allows users to input and associate attribute information with the generated image, enabling accurate reproduction of composition intentions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If composition templates are displayed during shooting, then shooting technique support is improved, but the ability to recall and describe composition intention after shooting deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by displaying the selected composition template again after shooting is completed. The control unit retrieves the composition template that was selected during the shooting phase and displays it in the composition information display area, allowing the user to recall what template was used before uploading or sharing the image.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by creating a closed-loop information system where the composition template selection is fed back to the user after shooting. The system stores the template selection information and retrieves it for display after shooting, providing confirmation and enabling the user to understand and describe the composition intention of the captured image.
2Measurement precision
If composition is analyzed from pixel information distribution, then objective composition classification is improved, but the user's original composition intention is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges two approaches: objective composition analysis based on pixel information distribution and subjective user-selected composition templates. The system performs both analyses and combines their results, allowing the user's original intention (captured through template selection) to be preserved while also providing objective composition classification for verification and enhancement.
Solution Approach 2:
The composition template serves as an intermediary that bridges the user's creative intention and the objective image content. The user selects a template that reflects their intended composition, and this template information acts as a mediator between the subjective creative process and the objective pixel-based analysis, allowing both perspectives to coexist and be referenced.
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AI summary
An apparatus includes a processor; and a memory storing a program which, when executed by the processor, causes the apparatus to: display, on a screen, a live view image obtained by executing imaging processing; set a guideline in response to an operation performed by a user; perform control so as to display, on the screen, a pattern image corresponding to the set guideline while superimposing the pattern image on the live view image; generate an image obtained by the imaging processing in accordance with a shooting instruction; and store, in a storage unit, the generated image in association with attribute information related to the set guideline.